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EU farmers won't get full Russian sanction compensation

German agriculture minister Christian Schmidt warned Tuesday that European farmers hit by a Russian import ban should not expect full compensation for their losses. The German spoke to press ahead of meeting his French and Polish colleagues in preparation of an EU agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels on Friday.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.